Double hire for Dechert as White & Case PE player Allardice exits with K&E finance partner Legal Business Dechert has strengthened its private equity and finance practices hiring White & Case‘s Ross Allardice and Kirkland & Ellis partner…
King & Wood loses five-lawyer energy team to Squire Patton Boggs Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has lost a five-lawyer team including global energy and infrastructure co-head Neil Upton to Squire…
Simpson Thacher taps Freshfields for M&A heavyweight Spiers Legal Business Wall Street leader Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has made a rare London hire after recruiting high-profile Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner…
Revolving doors: Gowlings appoints new GC as 3VB, Quinn, K&L and DLA boost practices Legal Business Gowling WLG has a brand new general counsel while 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, K&L Gates…
KWM exits continue as German banking head takes team to Taylor Wessing Legal Business Following the resignations of five King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners last week, the firm has lost the bulk of…
Global London advances: US firms take key partners from A&O and CC Madeleine Farman US firms continue their investment in the City, as two Magic Circle firms have today (28 October) lost partners…
Willkie Farr takes top KWM biller to launch competition practice in the City Legal Business King and Wood Mallesons (KWM) has lost another heavy-hitter as competition partner Philipp Girardet exits the firm to set up…
Bringing home Bacon: Kirkland takes US private equity partner from Freshfields Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has gone back to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for another lateral hire, this time taking corporate partner Doug…
Revolving doors: Ropes & Gray takes HSF finance partner as Harbottle & Lewis makes private client play Georgiana Tudor Ropes & Gray has strengthened in the City as Harbottle & Lewis has made a major private client play. Meanwhile,…
‘An ideal fit’: Osborne Clarke hires Addleshaws’ employee incentives group head Michael Carter Kathryn McCann Following its double partner hire from Irwin Mitchell last month, Osborne Clarke (OC) has recruited the head of Addleshaw Goddard‘s…
Baker & McKenzie bolsters Swiss offering with ten-lawyer team hire Matthew Field Baker & McKenzie has hired 10 lawyers including five partners to its Zurich office, boosting the firm’s presence in the…
Revolving doors: UK hires for Ince and DAC as disputes head Blanch leaves Weil Legal Business High-profile City arbitrator Juliet Blanch is set to leave Weil, Gotshal & Manges, while UK hires this week have come…
Middle East moves: Corporate heavyweight Steedman to exit White & Case Legal Business Winston & Strawn has hired Middle East M&A heavyweight Campbell Steedman from White & Case to head up the firm’s…
White & Case makes major corporate play with Clifford Chance partner Sarch Legal Business White & Case has continued its rapid expansion in London with the firm set to bring in Clifford Chance (CC)…
DLA real estate partner Richard Hopkinson-Woolley to exit for Simmons Legal Business Real estate partner Richard Hopkinson-Woolley is to leave DLA Piper for Simmons & Simmons after less than three years at…
White & Case goes in-house for latest hire from BNY Mellon Legal Business Ever-expanding White & Case has bulked up its London financial services team, taking on BNY Mellon’s EMEA regulatory head.
‘Already deep bench’: Quinn boosts Paris offering with Allen & Overy and HSF hires Legal Business Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has added to its international bench yet again, with Allen & Overy (A&O) global co-head…
Revolving doors: European expansion all-around as Simmons and Dentons make key hires Legal Business The first week of October brought with it several continental appointments at Simmons & Simmons, Dentons and Bird & Bird,…
Shearman London tax head Priestley quits as exits mount for US firm Legal Business Shearman & Sterling‘s London tax head Sarah Priestley has now also quit the firm, closely following in the footsteps of…
White & Case opens Australia practice with ten-partner project finance raid on HSF Legal Business Simultaneous Melbourne and Sydney launches filled with former Freehills lawyers White & Case is to open two offices in Australia…
